Schizophrenia genomics: genetic complexity and functional insights

PF Sullivan, S Yao, J Hjerling-Leffler - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
Determining the causes of schizophrenia has been a notoriously intractable problem,
resistant to a multitude of investigative approaches over centuries. In recent decades …

Innate immunity system in patients with cardiovascular and kidney disease

C Zoccali, F Mallamaci - Circulation research, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
With a global burden of 844 million, chronic kidney disease (CKD) is now considered a
public health priority. Cardiovascular risk is pervasive in this population, and low-grade …

Therapeutic potential of IL6R blockade for the treatment of sepsis and sepsis-related death: A Mendelian randomisation study

FW Hamilton, M Thomas, D Arnold, T Palmer… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Sepsis is characterised by dysregulated, life-threatening immune responses,
which are thought to be driven by cytokines such as interleukin 6 (IL-6). Genetic variants in …

Pleiotropic genetic architecture and novel loci for C-reactive protein levels

F Koskeridis, E Evangelou, S Said, JJ Boyle… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
C-reactive protein is involved in a plethora of pathophysiological conditions. Many genetic
loci associated with C-reactive protein are annotated to lipid and glucose metabolism genes …

Inflammatory biomarkers and risk of Psychiatric disorders

Y Zeng, C Chourpiliadis, N Hammar, C Seitz… - JAMA …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Individuals with psychiatric disorders have been reported to have elevated
levels of inflammatory biomarkers, and prospective evidence is limited regarding the …

C-reactive protein: pathophysiology, diagnosis, false test results and a novel diagnostic algorithm for clinicians

DS Mouliou - Diseases, 2023 - mdpi.com
The current literature provides a body of evidence on C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and its
potential role in inflammation. However, most pieces of evidence are sparse and …

Examining the shared etiology of psychopathology with genome-wide association studies

TT Mallard, AD Grotzinger… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have ushered in a new era of reproducible
discovery in psychiatric genetics. The field has now identified hundreds of common genetic …

Investigating causal relationships between obesity and skin barrier function in a multi-ethnic Asian general population cohort

YW Yew, T Mina, HK Ng, BCC Lam, E Riboli… - International Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Background Skin diseases impact significantly on the quality of life and psychology of
patients. Obesity has been observed as a risk factor for skin diseases. Skin epidermal barrier …

Low levels of small HDL particles predict but do not influence risk of sepsis

F Hamilton, KM Pedersen, P Ghazal, BG Nordestgaard… - Critical Care, 2023 - Springer
Background Low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol have been associated
with higher rates and severity of infection. Alterations in inflammatory mediators and …

Distinct biological signature and modifiable risk factors underlie the comorbidity between major depressive disorder and cardiovascular disease

J Bergstedt, JA Pasman, Z Ma, A Harder… - Nature Cardiovascular …, 2024 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are often comorbid,
resulting in excess morbidity and mortality. Here we show that CVDs share most of their …